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Getting Ready for Sunday - July 11
July 11
This morning, the
choir will begin our time of worship with a song entitled, "No Rocks
A-Cryin'." This is a reference to when Jesus entered Jerusalem. The
religious leaders didn't want the people making such a big deal, because
they were jealous. But Jesus said, "If they keep quiet, the stones will
cry out (Luke 19:37-40)."
The praise of God and His glory is unstoppable. God's creation must
declare praise to Him. If we try to suppress true worship, we will find
all around us that the things God has made "pour forth speech" about His
wonder and power. Trying to silence praise is like stopping the ocean
tide with your hands. When we give God praise, we are doing what our
heart most deeply desires, and we are doing what will satisfy us more
than anything else.
SONGS:
Indescribable - A joyful song that
pours forth speech about God and his glory. "None can fathom...you are
amazing God!"
All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name
(His Name is Jesus) - A modern arrangement of the classic hymn. We
continue a cosmic sense of worship - an immense, immeasurable God
deserves grand and sweeping language: "All creation sings the praise of
Jesus' name!"
We Fall Down - A song that is a
response to worshiping God in all his splendor. As John the Baptist
realized, He must increase, and we must decrease. Jesus must be lifted
up, and to make much of Jesus necessitates that we turn from
self-promotion. "We lay our crowns at the feet of Jesus..."
We
will close with the hymn "Praise to the Lord, the Almighty." I hope
that this Sunday's worship will help you to see God in his holiness, and
to see that if we praise God fully, with our hearts and lives, we will
find ourselves fulfilled and at rest in His presence.
-Patrick
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